Glass pliers



June 1, 1937. K yo I GLTASSPLIERS FiIed S e pt. so, 1955 Ill:

MIIIIIIIJIIII WITNESS Patented June 1, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicEestates omss runes Karl Voigt, Httsbui'gh, Pa. Application September so,1935, Serial No. 42.981

1 Claim.

This invention relates to tools, and its general object is to provide atool in the form of pliers, that are primarily designed for use byglaziers, for trimming the edges of plate glass, particularly in placeswhere ordinary pliers or tools cannot be used, such as for instance atthe upper portion of a, show window, while installing a piece of glassthat must be trimmed in order to fit the window space.

1 A further object of the invention is to provide pliers of thecharacter set forth, that are simple in construction, inexpensivetomanufacture, and extremely emcient in use, operation and service.

This invention also consists in'certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claim.

Indescribing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a vertical sectional view taken through the pliers whichforms the subject matter of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 2-2 of Figure1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

39 Figure 3 is ,a side elevation illustrating my pliers in use.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference numeral i indicatesthe body of my tool or pliers and which as shown, is hollow andelongated, in

that it includes relatively long, spaced parallel walls having formedon' one end thereof and depending therefrom at substantially rightangles with respect thereto, as well as at an outward inclination, ahollow handle 2 of substantially 4o oval configuration in cross section,and the outer end of the handle 2 is outwardly flared as shown.

Bridging the side walls of the body and depending from the ends of arelatively narrow top wall 3 is a pair of lugs l having openingstherethrough for a purpose which will be presently apparent.

Mounted on the upper end of the body I and i fixed thereto through themedium .of screws 5 is the attaching plate S of a stationary jaw i, thelatter being disposed at right angles with respect to the attachingplate 6 and arranged in spaced parallel relation with respect to theoutermost lug 4. By that construction, it will be apparent that theattaching plate and the stationary jaw is detachably associated with thebody so that it can be easily and expeditiously replaced in the event itbecomes damaged.

Mounted tor slidable movement in the openings of the lugs t is a shaftor rod 8 which has threadedly secured to its forward end a movable jaw9, the latter being movable upon movement of the rod 8, as will beapparent, and the jaw 9 is movable between the outermost lug 4 and thestationary jaw l for cooperation with the latter, with the upper end ofthe movable jaw bearing against the undersurface of. the attaching plate6. By threadedly securingthe jaw ii to the rod 8, it will be obviousthat the jaw 9 is adjustable, and it is held in adjustedposition by aset screw ii.

The jaw 9 is spring pressed and for that purpose I employ a coil springi0 which has one of its end convolutions engaging the outermost lug tand its opposite convolution engaging a washer l i which is mounted onthe rod 8 and held against rearward movement by a pin l2 that extendsthrough the rod, as best shown in Figure 1, therefore it will be seenthat the spring it] is disposed between the lug i and the side walls ofthe body, so as to be amply protected.

Bridging the sides of the body at the junctur oi the stationary handle 2therewith is a pin i3 that acts as a pivot for the movable handle itwhich is provided with a recess 35 receiving the pin it, and the upperend of the handle H is reduced to provide a seat for the purpose ofreceiving the rear end of the rod-8, with the result, it will be seenthat the coil spring l0 not only acts to urge and hold the movable jawto and in retracted position, but acts upon the movable handle tonormally hold the latter spaced with respect to the stationary handle.However, when pressure is applied to the movable handle, it moves therod 8 forwardly and disposes the jaw d in cooperation with thestationary jaw I, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will beobvious that I have provided pliers that are primarily designed for use-by glaziers in trimming glass, in places where it would be impossibleto use pliersof the usual construction, such as for instance about theedges of plate glass when setting or installing the same in a showwindow frame or the like.

-It lsthought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desireit to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

Pliers comprising an elongated body including spaced parallel walls, astationary jaw, an attaching plate therefor with the jaw extending atright angles with respect thereto and said plate secured to the body fordisposal along the walls thereof, a stationary handle fixed to the bodyand 10 extending substantially at right angles with re- KARL VOIGT. l0

